by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Officials connected to Gary’s public safety agencies will meet next week to try to figure out how to increase the number of Gary residents in police and firefighter positions. Councilwoman LaVetta Sparks-Wade, D-6th, said she will be part of a working group that...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
BOSTON — The sponsor of a bill that would limit buyback of unused sick-leave and vacation time for public employees acknowledged Tuesday that her bill is unlikely to become law this session but urged fellow lawmakers to nonetheless take steps against...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Four years after voters closed the city’s public employee pension system, every candidate for City Council District 9 says the city should give pensions to at least some new city employees. One of them even offered a path to reinstating them that he was later forced...
by Ron DeLord | May 31, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Further reforms of Pennsylvania’s major public employee pension systems faltered last year, first on a veto by Gov. Tom Wolf and, later, a collapsing state budget package. But the issue that never fell off the list of top Republican legislative priorities came...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
PHOENIX (AP) – Voters are being asked to sign off on a major part of a police and firefighter pension system overhaul in next week’s special election that was enacted by the Arizona Legislature earlier this year. The changes contained in Proposition 124 on...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Moody’s Investors Services on Tuesday downgraded a rating tied to a $165.2 million general obligation bond issuance planned for this month, citing Fort Worth’s unfunded pension liability as the cause. Moody’s, one of three rating agencies, lowered the city’s rating to...
